This ratio can give you a sense of if this food is higher in carbs or lower in carbs than other foods by weight. Eating foods high in carbs can cause your blood glucose to spike faster than if the food or meal you're eating also contains protein or fat.
This ratio can estimate how much water this food contains relative to other foods. Water helps regulate body temperature, lubricate joints, flush out waste products, and protect our organs and tissue. Eating foods high in water can help you stay hydrated.
Shortening (Palm Oil With Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Cake Mix (Sugar, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Egg Whites, Soybean Oil, Propylene Glycol, Mono- And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Leavening [Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Artificial Flavor, Cellulose Gum, Dextrose, Egg Yolks, Food Starch- Modified, Mono- And Diglycerides, Nonfat Milk, Polysorbate 60, Salt, Sorbitan Monostearate, Soy Lecithin, Xanthan Gum), Powdered Sugar, Water, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Margarine (Vegetable Oil Blend [Palm Fruit Oil, Soybean Oil, Olive Oil], Water, Salt, Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate, Beta-carotene Color), Soybean Oil, Rainbow Sprinkles (Sugar, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Corn Starch, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Colors [Yellow #6, Yellow #5, Blue #1, Red #40, Red #3], Carnauba Wax, Maltodextrin, Cellulose Gum, Vanillin), Corn Syrup, Invert Sugar, Heavy Cream (Cream, Carrageenan, Mono- And Diglycerides), Natural Vanilla Flavor, Salt, Violet Color (Water, Red #3, Blue #1, Modified Corn Starch, Vegetable Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Potassium Sorbate [Preservative]), Artificial Vanilla Flavor, Artificial Color (Fd&c Blue #1, Red #40, Red #3, Blue #1, Yellow #6).